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Solids, Liquids, Gases
More Solids, Liquids, Gases
Heating and Cooling Matter
Cutting and Mixing
Cooking and Burning
100
What kind of matter has its own size and shape?
Solids
100
How does the shape of a liquid change?
A liquid takes the shape of its container.
100
How does adding heat change a solid?
Adding heat to a solid causes it to melt.
100
How does cutting a solid change it? What does not change?
Cutting changes the shape and size of a solid. The fact that it is a solid does not change.
100
True or false. Adding heat to a liquid (cooking) will change it to a solid.
True.
200
What kind of matter has volume but not its own shape?
Liquids
200
True or false. A gas does not have its own shape or volume. It fills a space and takes the shape of its container.
True!
200
True or false. All solids melt quickly when heat is added.
False. Some solids melt quickly. Others melt slowly.
200
True or false. A mixture is 2 or more kinds of matter put together.
True
200
What happens when you add heat to pancake batter or a raw egg? (Describe the change in matter.)
It will cook and change to a solid.
300
What kind of matter does not have its own size or shape?
A gas
300
Give 2 examples of a gas.
Air in a tire. Air in a soap bubble. Air in a balloon, etc.
300
What happens when heat is added to a liquid? a. It evaporates. b. It melts. c. It freezes or cools.
a. It evaporates.
300
Name 2 different solid-solid mixtures.
Trail mix, cereal, salad, fruit salad.
300
True or false. When matter is cooked to a solid, it can change back to a liquid.
False.
400
How does bending a solid change it? What does not change?
Bending a solid changes its shape. It does not change its size or that it is still a solid!
400
Compare juice to a drinking glass. Describe how they are different.
Juice is a liquid. A drinking glass is a solid.
400
What does it mean to freeze or cool? Give an example.
If you take heat away from a liquid, it will freeze or cool. An example is candle wax that dries or water that turns into ice.
400
Name 2 different liquid-solid mixtures.
Chocolate milk, soup, cereal with milk.
400
What is burned wood called?
Burned wood is called ash.
500
How does breaking a solid change it? What does not change?
Breaking a solid changes its size and shape, but it still stays a solid!
500
Predict what would happen if a bicycle tire got a hole in it?
The air would flatten from the tire and the bicycle could not go.
500
True or false. Matter can change many times.
True. Matter can change from a solid to a liquid (melting) and from a liquid to a solid (freezing).
500
Explain what will happen when sugar is mixed in warm water. What kind of mixture is this?
The sugar will dissolve (disappear) in the water. This is a solid-liquid mixture.
500
Compare cutting a log to burning a log. Tell how the log changes.
Cutting a log changes the size and shape, but it is still a solid. Burning a log changes the matter to ash. It cannot change back.